About hiking in Shelby County

Shelby County, Illinois has 18 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 26.7 miles, an average of 1.5 miles each. The longest is Chief Illini Trail, at 7.7 miles. 1 runs 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Shelby County are like

By length, 10 are under a mile, 7 run 1 to 5 miles, and 1 is 5 miles or longer. 2 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is High Bluff Trail, at 0.5 miles.

Every one carries a difficulty rating: 10 easy and 8 moderate. Of the 18 with measured elevation, Chief Illini Trail climbs the most, about 2,166 ft.

All 18 hiking trails, longest first

Chief Illini TrailHike7.7 mi General Dacey TrailHike3.1 mi Little Illini TrailHike2.6 mi Rocky Spring Nature TrailHike2.2 mi Red Fox TrailHike2.0 mi Unusual Tree TrailHike1.6 mi Possum Hollow Interpretive Nature TrailHike1.4 mi Prairie View TrailHike1.3 mi Snowflake Cross-Country Ski TrailHike0.9 mi Windy Point TrailHike0.8 mi Lakeview TrailHike0.7 mi Bent Oak TrailHike0.5 mi High Bluff TrailHike0.5 mi Beach TrailHike0.4 mi Big Buck TrailHike0.4 mi Campfire TrailHike0.3 mi Overlook TrailHike0.2 mi Arrowhead to Adirondack Shelter TrailHike0.2 mi

← All Shelby County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 25, 2026.